Photoshop CS6

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Some cameras capture images in raw formats. Photoshop CS6 can process these images into formatted images. It also allows you to work with them in different ways than already processed images. Here are[more…]

You start Photoshop CS6 the same way you launch any other program with Windows or the Mac OS. As with other programs, you can choose the method you find the easiest and most convenient. In Windows, you[more…]

The Window menu in Photoshop CS6 controls the display of panels and some other elements of the Photoshop workspace. The top two entries on the Window menu enable you to control the display arrangement[more…]

Many image-oriented programs use panels of a sort, and Photoshop CS6 has had panels (formerly called palettes) since version 1.0. However, since Photoshop 3.0, the program has used a novel way of working[more…]

Photoshop CS6 needs to know the image format of a file (whether it’s a TIFF, PCX, PSD, or JPEG file, for example) before it can open the file. Photoshop uses different methods in Windows and Mac OS to[more…]

You’d think the Image menu in Photoshop CS6 might have something to do with making changes to an entire image document, wouldn’t you? In practice, some of the entries you find here do apply to the whole[more…]

To select a tool in Photoshop CS6, simply click it in the Tools panel. A small black triangle in the bottom-right corner of a tool slot indicates that more tools are hidden behind that tool on a[more…]

Tool presets enable you to create tool settings in Photoshop CS6 that you can save and use again. Creating tool presets is a real timesaver if you use specific tool settings on a frequent basis. Follow[more…]

Keyboard shortcuts are the quickest way to zoom. When you press a keyboard shortcut, Photoshop CS6 zooms in or out by one of its preset increments (such as 200%, 100%, 66.67%, 50%, 33%, 25%, and so forth[more…]

Some Photoshop CS6 users don’t use the Navigator panel (which is a roadmap to your image document) nearly as often as they could, and there’s a simple reason for that: In its default size, the Navigator[more…]

Photoshop CS6’s working area can become horribly cluttered. And here’s a secret: The more adept you become, the more cluttered the desktop becomes. Just when you begin to appreciate a neatly docked Options[more…]

Guides are nonprintable horizontal and vertical lines that you can position anywhere you like within a Photoshop CS6 document window. Normally, they’re displayed as solid blue lines, but you can change[more…]

You can measure distances and objects within Photoshop CS6 many different ways. The rulers, used in combination with guides, are a good way to mark distances precisely so that you can create objects of[more…]

Photoshop CS6’s Info panel, accessible under the Window menu, displays a variety of information, depending on what tool you’re using. To specify which status info options you want displayed, or whether[more…]

For those of you who prefer the ease and speed of keyboard shortcuts, Photoshop CS6 offers customizable keyboard shortcuts. You can assign shortcuts to menu commands, panel commands, and tools. You can[more…]

If you’re proud of your Photoshop CS6 artistry and you want to show it off to the world on a web page, doing it in Bridge is the way to go. It’s a breeze to use, so even if you don’t know anything about[more…]